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The district is still rapidly developing in nearly all directions, the great majority of houses
that are going up being of the working class type, valued round about £600 to £700. Great use
has been made of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, and of the Housing Act, particularly the
former.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.— The Registrar-General's estimate for the population to the middle of 1936 is
95,000. The Census population in 1931 was 76,254, this being the revised figure as altered under
the provisions of the Middlesex Review Order, 1933.
Deaths.— The number of deaths registered in the district was 1,892, but 1,168 of these did
not belong to the district, while 141 residents died outside the district. Thus the number of deaths
properly attributable to the district was 865, an increase of 87 on the figures for the previous ^ear.
Adopting the basis of the population estimated by the Registrar-General, the corrected death-rate
for the district comes to 9.55 per 1,000, which is comparable with the following figures:—
England and Wales 12.1
122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London 12.3
143 Smaller Towns 11.5
London Administrative County 12.5
Heston and Isleworth 9.55
Infant Mortality.— The figure obtained under this heading is regarded as a valuable index
of the sanitary conditions of a district. Furthermore, as it is based on definite figures (i.e., the
actual number of births and infant deaths), it is more reliable than the death-raje, which is
calculated on an estimated population.
The rate for 1936 is 48.25 per 1,000 births, which is not as good as last year's record figure,
of 40.77 but is still a very low comparative rate. The rates for England and Wales and for
London during the same period were 59 and 66 respectively. Births.— The total number of live births registered during the year was 2,158, excluding
re-registrations, but 827 of these did not belong to this district, while 161 births properly belonging
to this district occurred outside the district. The nett number of live births thus attributable to
the district is 1492, an increase of 45 over last year's figures. Adopting the population basis
supplied by the Registrar-General for the calculation of the birth-rate, this comes to 15.7 per
1,000. The birth-rate of England and Wales was 14.8 per 1,000 and for London 13.6 per 1,000.
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